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• Whelk

  ·noun A papule; a pustule; acne. II. Whelk ·noun A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale. III. Whelk ·no...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• whelk

  or Native Whelk n. a marine mollusc, Trochocochlea constricta.See Perriwinkle. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• whelk

  An old name for a pustule, a pimple. The word is not much used in America. White cohush will bring ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.